Principal Genai Product Manager - Dealer and Customer Support

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Chicago, IL +1

Product Manager for Generative AI in Dealer and Customer Support at Caterpillar. Focuses on developing and integrating AI capabilities for equipment insights, fleet optimization, and customer decision-making. Oversees product roadmap, cross-functional collaboration, and lifecycle management of Gen AI solutions, including shopping, search, and repair options. Requires understanding of AI ethics, agent behavior, LLM selection, and integration with digital platforms.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and evolve the GEN AI product vision to support Dealers and Customers, aligned with Caterpillar’s AI Assistant roadmap and enterprise transformation goals.
  2. Collaborate with engineering, data science, CM/FM operations, and dealer support teams to deliver scalable AI solutions with high reliability and compliance.
  3. Oversee the full lifecycle of GEN AI solutions—from ideation and prototyping to testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
  4. Champion user-centric design for dealer and customer-facing solutions, enabling shopping, search and repair options
  5. Monitor solution performance, usage patterns, and feedback to inform enhancements and ensure measurable impact on dealer and customer engagements.

Skills

Required

  • Product Strategy & Roadmap
  • Cross-functional Leadership
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Dealer and Customer Support
  • Performance & Analytics
  • Innovation & R&D
  • Decision Making and Critical Thinking
  • Effective Communications
  • Software Change Request Management
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Product Business Knowledge
  • Software Product Management
  • Software Product Technical Knowledge
  • Marketing Strategy and Positioning

Nice to have

  • Proficiency in eCommerce and aftermarket solution customer journey
  • Experience with customer and dealer analytics leads and insights.
  • Familiarity with dealer management systems and integration with Caterpillar’s digital platforms.
  • Experience with Agile methodology and managing product backlogs for AI-enabled solutions.

What the JD emphasized

  • enterprise AI governance
  • compliance
  • AI ethics and risk frameworks
  • minimizing hallucinations

Other signals

  • Generative AI
  • AI Assistant
  • dealer and customer support
  • equipment health insights
  • fleet performance optimization
  • customer decision-making
  • streamline fleet operations
  • improve maintenance outcomes
  • elevate dealer and customer engagement
  • service and shopping agent category stakeholders
  • drive uptime
  • operational efficiency
  • customer satisfaction
  • product roadmap
  • enterprise AI governance
  • Caterpillar’s digital platforms
  • dealer systems
  • AI-driven guidance
  • aftermarket equipment selection
  • solution performance
  • usage patterns
  • feedback to inform enhancements
  • measurable impact
  • proof-of-concept initiatives
  • external partners
  • proactive shopping
  • search and repair options
  • AI ethics and risk frameworks
  • agent behavior
  • data usage
  • model selection
  • complex AI concepts
  • actionable insights
  • stakeholders across engineering, product, and field operations
  • AI agent configurations
  • model updates
  • edge deployment protocols
  • AI agents
  • modular architectures
  • LLM selection
  • minimizing hallucinations
  • AI-driven solutions
  • business impact
  • emerging AI technologies
  • operational feasibility
  • compliance
  • edge computing
  • machine telemetry
  • Caterpillar’s digital ecosystem
  • AI-driven condition monitoring
  • fleet management capabilities
  • upselling
  • customer retention
  • eCommerce
  • aftermarket solution customer journey
  • customer and dealer analytics
  • dealer management systems
  • Agile methodology
  • product backlogs for AI-enabled solutions